Assessing the Relationship Between the Type of Internet Use and Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study From Qatar by Khansa Chemnad, Maryam Aziz, Sanaa Al- Harahsheh, Azza Abdelmoneium, Ahmed Baghdady, Diana Alsayed Hassan, Raian Ali

“…Factorial analysis, multiple regression, and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. ResultsNonessential internet use significantly predicted IA in both early (P<.001) and middle (P<.001) adolescents, with early adolescents showing a stronger association. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of drooling, reluctance, oropharynx, others, and leukocytosis score as a predictor of mortality and complications following acute corrosive ingestion by Fawaz Poonthottathil, Soorya Suresh, Jamshed Nayer, Praveen Aggarwal

“…Delong test showed that there was no statistically significant difference in Zargar versus DROOL score in terms of prediction of mortality and overall complications (P > 0.05). …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Jejunum and Ileum Tumours Based on Video Capsule Endoscopy Data Using Mathematical Analysis by E. D. Fedorov, E. V. Ivanova, S. E. Rauzina, D. E. Seleznev, A. V. Budykina

“…Among them, 8 were found to be statistically significant (affecting the division of objects into groups): patient gender, gut wall/lumen deformation, path of intestinal folds, polypoid changes, vascular pattern, mucosal regularity, mucosal lobulation and colour. …”
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Trust in the integrity of a micro health insurance scheme and its determinants in two rural districts of Ethiopia by Mohammed Hussien

“…The degree of association was assessed using odds ratios, and statistical significance was determined at a 95% confidence interval. …”
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The Single Leg Squat Test: A “Top-Down” or “Bottom-Up” Functional Performance Test? by Lindsay A Carroll, Benjamin R Kivlan, RobRoy L Martin, Amy L Phelps, Christopher R Carcia

“…The groups were similar on age (p = .899), sex (p = .341), BMI (p = .818), and Tegner Activity Scale score (p = .456). There were no statistically significant differences between the groups on the FPI-6 (pass group mean = 2.5 +/- 3.9; fail group mean = 2.3 +/- 3.5; p = .599), or any of the measures of dorsiflexion range of motion (non-weight bearing dorsiflexion with knee extended: pass group = 6.9^o^ +/- 3.7^o^, fail group = 7.8^o^ +/- 3.0^o^; non-weight bearing dorsiflexion with knee flexed: pass group = 13.5^o^ +/- 5.6^o^, fail group = 13.9^o^ +/- 5.3^o^; weight bearing dorsiflexion: pass group = 42.7^o^ +/- 6.0^o^, 42.7^o^ +/- 8.3^o^, p = .611)…”
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Analisis Kesiapan Kerja Mahasiwa di Era Revolusi Industri 4.0 Menggunakan Soft - System Methodology by Anthony Anthony, Eko Sediyono, Ade Iriani

“…Furthermore, after SSM process is done, the researcher conducts statistical analysis from the questionnaire that has been spread before. …”
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Tanggung Jawab Pejabat Pembuat Akta Tanah (PPAT) Dalam Pembayaran Pajak Bea Perolehan Hak Atas Tanah dan Bangunan (BPHTB) Atas Transaksi Jual Beli Tanah dan/atau Bangunan di Kota P... by Reta Permata Kasman, Khairani, Syofiarti

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Exploring the drivers of adolescent sexual and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in northwestern Botswana: a cross-sectional analysis by Mackenzie Lawson, Helen Apps, Peggie Ramaphane, Francis Barchi

“…Adolescents ages 14–19 years completed surveys using hand-held tablets. Descriptive statistics were run for all variables; bivariate analyses examined their association with skipped visits. …”
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Exploring BCL2 regulation and upstream signaling transduction in venetoclax resistance in multiple myeloma: potential avenues for therapeutic intervention by Rodrigo Fonseca, Yuan Xiao Zhu, Laura A. Bruins, Joseph Ahmann, Cecilia de Bonolo Campos, Esteban Braggio, Xianfeng Chen, Mariano Arribas, Susie Darvish, Seth Welsh, Erin Meermeier, Kiran K. Mangalaparthi, Richard K. Kandasamy, Greg Ahmann, J. Erin Wiedmeier-Nutor, Akhilesh Pandey, Marta Chesi, P. Leif Bergsagel, Rafael Fonseca

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Safety of health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: piloting WHO framework in Iran by Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Mondher Letaief, Hossein Mashhadi Abdolahi, Ramin Rezapour, Ahmed Alboksmaty, Mostafa Farahbakhsh

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS-16 were used for data analysis. …”
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The effectiveness of dyadic interventions for health outcomes of prostate cancer patients and informal caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuan Xiao, Jiao Sun, Min Liu, Haifeng Wang, Jingjing Guan

“…A meta-analysis of pooled data revealed that for prostate cancer patients, the intervention improved dyadic coping (SMD95% CI [95% CI] = 0.22 [0.01;0.42], p = 0.04), and for informal caregivers the dyadic care intervention reduced anxiety (SMD95% CI [95% CI] = -0.35 [-0.65;-0.06], p = 0.02), enhanced self-efficacy (SMD [95% CI] = 0.22 [0.01;0.43], p = 0.04), and improved sexual functioning (SMD [95% CI] = 0.29 [0.05;0.54], p = 0.02). No statistically significant overall effects were observed for the other outcome indicators. …”
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The Impact of Stock Liquidity on Returns under Asymmetric Information and Financial Constraints by Mehrzad Alijani, Fatemeh Nezhad Hossseinian

“…Furthermore, a negative and statistically significant relationship is observed between higher stock liquidity and lower investment in companies characterized by information asymmetry and greater financial constraints. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Agung Pranoto, Sudjarwo Sudjarwo

“…The mean plasma vitamin D levels in T2DM with pulmonary TB and T2DM without pulmonary TB were 20.08 ng/ml (SD ± 0.83 ng/ml) and 20.29 ng/ml (SD ± 0.81 ng/ml), respectively, we found no significant result in statistic (p = 0.287). Vitamin D deficiency was not associated with the incidence of pulmonary TB in T2DM, whereas female sex, age> 50 years, BMI ? …”
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Decade-Long Analysis: Unravelling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of PM10 Concentrations in Malaysian Borneo by Salwa Naidin, Justin Sentian, Farrah Anis Fazliatul Adnan, Franky Herman, Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim

“…Data collected from air quality monitoring stations over a 10-year period (2006–2016) were obtained from the Malaysian Department of Environment (DOE). Statistical analyses were conducted using the Mann Kendall test to examine trends in PM10 concentrations. …”
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Exploring the predictive power of antinuclear antibodies and Rheumatoid factor correlations in anticipating therapeutic outcomes for female patients with coexisting Sjögren's syndr... by Anitha Krishnan Pandarathodiyil, Hema Shree K, Pratibha Ramani, B. Sivapathasundharam, Ramya Ramadoss

“…Methods: A cohort of 56 female patients aged 30–73 was analyzed. Descriptive statistics provided an overview of key variables, followed by Pearson correlation analysis to assess relationships between age, ANA, RF, RA, and treatment response. …”
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Differentiating the cognitive development of early-term births in infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study in China by Jing Hua, Jie Sun, Zhijuan Cao, Xiaotian Dai, Senran Lin, Jialin Guo, Guixiong Gu, Wenchong Du

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Refining α-synuclein seed amplification assays to distinguish Parkinson’s disease from multiple system atrophy by James A. Wiseman, Clinton P. Turner, Richard L. M. Faull, Glenda M. Halliday, Birger Victor Dieriks

“…MSA cases yielded significantly higher values than PD cases across all four kinetic parameters in brain tissues, with the MSA-cerebellar phenotype having higher maximum relative fluorescence than the MSA-Parkinsonian phenotype. Statistical significance was maintained when the data were analysed regionally and when all regions were grouped. …”
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Sorghum surpasses wheat as a feed grain for broiler chickens following dietary crude protein reductions by Mengzhu Wang, Mehdi Toghyani, Shemil P. Macelline, Andreas Lemme, Andrew J. Holmes, Peter H. Selle, Sonia Y. Liu

“…Results Reducing dietary CP from 205 to 175 g/kg CP did not statistically influence weight gain and FCR in broilers offered sorghum-based diets from 14 to 35 d post-hatch. …”
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A randomised trial comparing preoperative administration of single-dose kefazolin to kefazolin plus metronidazole as prophylactic antibiotics at caesarean section by R Lamfel, L Snyman, L Seopela, G Jahn, P Becker

“…Two patients in each arm (0.40% in the intervention arm and 0.39% in the control arm) underwent laparotomy procedures, while three women (0.60%) in the intervention arm and four women (0.79%) in the control arm underwent hysterectomy procedures. There were no statistically significant differences in all the measured secondary outcomes between the two groups. …”
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The intersection of intimate partner violence with sexual reproductive health in the Pacific: findings from a Kiribati population study by Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Luz Viviana Sastre Gomez, Jess Letch, Anna Bornemisza, Kristin Diemer

“…Associations were considered statistically significant at p < .05. Results Of the n = 3,106 women who had been intimately partnered or sexually active in the last year, 20% had unmet need for either spacing or limiting, the greatest unmet need being observed in women aged 15–24 years (28.8%). …”
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